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[ME. witter, witer, Tho wurth the child [Isaac] witter and war That thor sal offrende ben don. IMG:content-2494.png:[blocks in formation] I witter the the emperour es entirde into Fraunce. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1239. witteringt, n. [ME., verbal n. of witter , v.] Information; knowledge. Leue Joseph, who tolde yow this? How hadde ze wittering of this dede? York Plays , p. 142. witterlyt (wit'er-li), adv . [ME.. also witterliche, witerliche, etc.; witter + -ly2.] Certainly; surely; truly. I blu het hom on. I waited hom witterly , as me wele thoght, All feturs in fere of the fre ladys. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2428. Ful a corded was hit witterly. Chaucer , Good Women, 1. 2606. witters, n . pl . See withers . witticaster (wit'i-kas-ter), n. [ ter as in criticaster .] An inferior or pretended wit. The mention of a nobleman seems quite sufficient to arouse the spleen of our witticaster . Milton, wittichenite (wit'i-ken-it), n. A sulphid of bismuth and copper, related in form and composition to bournonite. It was first found at Wittichen, Baden.